Disability Narratives

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Uses a critical disability studies lens to explore disability narratives including literature as well as multimodal texts. Exploration of texts, identities and embodiments, experiences with disability, and the relationship between disability and the health sciences through weekly writing, discussion, and collaboration. Final projects include analyzing additional disability narratives related to students' area of study and/or reflecting on their own identity and positionality in their area of study/profession. prereq: 1433 or HIST 1435 or HUM 1437 or PHIL 1441